diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
index 412ad99d8871d685d1e6849fec94760589b2fe62..1f793eb301ef1473ad964391eee33c4f3f6c4aba 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_device.c
@@ -1711,8 +1711,8 @@ static int amdgpu_init(struct amdgpu_device *adev)
 	}
 
 	mutex_lock(&adev->firmware.mutex);
-	if (amdgpu_ucode_init_bo(adev))
-		adev->firmware.load_type = AMDGPU_FW_LOAD_DIRECT;
+	if (adev->firmware.load_type != AMDGPU_FW_LOAD_DIRECT)
+		amdgpu_ucode_init_bo(adev);
 	mutex_unlock(&adev->firmware.mutex);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < adev->num_ip_blocks; i++) {